Tiger Brokers Hong Kong Launches Inaugural Art Prize with HKBU AVA to Inspire Young Artists and Creative Crossovers

HONG KONG, June 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Tiger Brokers (HK) Global Limited (“Tiger Brokers (HK)”), a leading online brokerage firm, is proud to announce its first collaboration with the Academy of Visual Arts (“AVA”) at Hong Kong Baptist University (“HKBU”) as the honorable sponsor of the 18th Graduation Show and the establishment of the inaugural “Tiger Brokers Art Prize”. This initiative not only underscores Tiger Brokers (HK)’s excellence in the financial sector but also demonstrates its commitment to fostering the long-term development of local young creators through the integration of finance and the creative sector.

From now until June 22, the Tiger Brokers Art Prize will debut at the AVA BA Graduation Show 2025 at the Kai Tak Campus of HKBU and will honor exceptional graduate works that showcase innovative vision and cultural significance. The evaluation criteria encompass innovation, conceptual depth, public resonance, professional execution, and future potential, with an emphasis on works that explore technological elements, financial themes, and critical reflections on the future—embodying the dynamic dialogue between art and our times.

Beyond the awards, Tiger Brokers (HK) will collaborate with AVA to launch a series of specialized art workshops and industry networking events. These initiatives are designed to provide emerging artists with practical support and platform connection opportunities, facilitating connections between local artistic talent and the international art community.

Tianhua Wu, Founder and CEO of Tiger Brokers, said, “As a US-listed global leader in fintech, Tiger Brokers is driven by innovation. We believe that both artistic creation and investment management require vision and execution. Our collaboration with HKBU to establish the Tiger Brokers Art Prize demonstrates our commitment to corporate social responsibility and supporting creative cultural development. We look forward to walking alongside young artists, inspiring breakthroughs and new creative possibilities.”

Kiana Kiang, Vice-President of the HKBU AVA Graduation Show Committee 2025, added, “We would like to express our deepest gratitude to Tiger Brokers (HK) for their generous support of the HKBU AVA BA Graduation Show 2025. Their role as our esteemed sponsor has been invaluable. In particular, the Tiger Brokers Art Prize has had a profound impact on our students, empowering them to embark on transformative artistic journeys. The evaluation criteria encompass innovation, conceptual depth, public resonance, professional execution, and future potential, with an emphasis on works that explore technological elements, financial themes, and critical reflections on the future. This award represents more than just an honor for students. It serves as a vital springboard for their future artistic careers.”

The AVA BA Graduation Show 2025, themed “GeeLee GooLoo”, showcases the diverse works of 134 students, spanning painting, sculpture, digital media, and installations. The event will feature public programs, including artist talks and workshops, attracting thousands of visitors from the art community and beyond to witness a bold new era for Hong Kong’s creative future.

About Tiger Brokers (HK)

Tiger Brokers (HK) Global Limited (Central number: BMU940) holds type 1, 2, 4, 5 and 9 licenses of the Securities and Futures Commission. Starting from November 30, 2022, with Tiger Trade, Tiger Brokers’ flagship app, Hong Kong users can trade financial products from major markets around the world, such as Hong Kong stocks, warrants, options, US stocks, US fractional shares and ETFs, among others, providing a one-stop solution to their investment needs. In the future, we will continue to expand our trading markets and categories to better serve Hong Kong investors.

About Tiger Brokers

Tiger Brokers (Nasdaq: TIGR), founded in 2014, is a leading online brokerage group with a focus on redefining global investing with technologies for the next generation.

Since our inception, the Company has relentlessly offered a superior user experience to let everyone enjoy efficient and smart global investing, by bringing a multitude of quality financial products and services across brokerage, employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) management, investment banking, wealth management, investor community, and investor education in our pursuit of becoming a world-leading online brokerage group.

We strive to elevate financial technology R&D to a new level. While we inherit the best traditions from the financial sector and blend them with the best minds of tech experts, we develop our own technology infrastructure — an aggregation that enables multi-currency trading of various products across markets, guaranteeing our reliable, secure, and scalable services are accessible to all with low latency.

Currently, we serve over 10 million users and over 2 million account holders worldwide on our flagship platform “Tiger Trade”, own 81 licenses and qualifications in different markets, and have over 1,000 employees on the team in Hong Kong, Singapore, New Zealand, the US, Australia, and Mainland China. In 2019, the Company was listed on Nasdaq as UP Fintech Holding Limited under the ticker TIGR.